MELBOURNE (Reuters) - More than 1,900 people rose early on Saturday to take a chilly plunge on the Australian island state of Tasmania.
The annual swim takes place on the winter solstice, which marks the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere, and this year, a record number of swimmers in nothing but red caps ran for the River Derwent.
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